Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 114

ed. Paul Wendland

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[114] ἐκφυγοῦσαι δὲ τὴν ἐπίθεσιν τῶν διανοίας μὲν ἐχθρῶν, τὰ δὲ περίαπτα ὥσπερ ἐν τραγῳδίᾳ μόνα ἐζηλωκότων οὐκέτι πρὸς Ἰοθόρ, ἀλλὰ πρὸς Ῥαγουὴλ ἀφικνοῦνται (ibid. 17. 18). καταλελοίπασι μὲν γὰρ τὴν πρὸς τῦφον συγγένειαν, ᾠκείωνται
δὲ ἀγωγῇ νομίμῳ, μοῖρα τῆς ἱερᾶς ἀγέλης ἀξιώσασαι γενέσθαι, ἧς ὁ θεῖος ἀφηγεῖται λόγος, ὡς δηλοῖ τοὔνομα· ποιμασία γάρ ἐστι θεοῦ.

De Mutatione Nominum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Mutatione Nominum (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 114 focus

[114] and they having escaped the attack of the enemies of intellect who admire only the external appendages, like people in tragedies, go no longer to Jother but to Raguel, for they have abandoned all connection with pride, and have connected themselves with lawful persuasion, choosing to become a portion of the sacred flock, of ¹² which the divine word is the leader, as his name shows, for it signifies the pastoral care of God.

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